reluctant
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re·luc·tant
(rĭ-lŭk'tənt) 
adj.
adj.
- Unwilling; disinclined: reluctant to help.
- Exhibiting or marked by unwillingness: a reluctant smile.
- Offering resistance; opposing.
[Latin reluctāns, reluctant-, present participle of reluctārī, to reluct. See reluct.]
reluctantly re·luc'tant·ly adv.Roget's Thesaurus:
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reluctant
adjective
- Not inclined or willing to do or undertake: averse, disinclined, indisposed, loath, unwilling. See willing/unwilling.
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reluctant
adj
Definition: unenthusiastic, unwilling
Antonyms: anxious, eager, enthusiastic, ready, willing
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reluctant
IN BRIEF: Showing doubt or unwilling.
You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it.
— Corazon C. Aquino
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Reluctant
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tøvende, modvillig, modstræbende
Français (French)
adj. - peu enthousiaste, réticent, à contre-c¯ur
Deutsch (German)
adj. - widerwillig
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απρόθυμος, διστακτικός
Italiano (Italian)
riluttante, restio
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - relutante, ingrato
Español (Spanish)
adj. - ser reacio a, vacilar
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ovillig
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不情愿的, 厌恶的, 勉强的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不情願的, 厭惡的, 勉強的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 꺼리는, 마음 내키지 않는, 마지못해 하는
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - …したがらない, 不承不承の
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) متردد, معارض, ممانع
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - לא רוצה, לא מתלהב, מסרב
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